Additional Roles Staff in Practice

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We now have a number of additional roles staff who work in the Practice. Below are some of the roles within our practice team who are here to help you.

Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacists can help you by:

  • giving advice and information about your health and minor ailments
  • Support you to manage and get the best from your repeat prescription.
  • Support you to manage you long term conditions.

For information click here https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-east-yorkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/06/Phrmacist-300×300.png

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technicians can help you by:

  • showing you how to use your medicines
  • support medication reviews by the Clinical Pharmacist
  • advising you on your lifestyle choices

For further information click here https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-east-yorkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/08/pharmacy-technician-02-300×300.png

Health & Wellbeing Coach

Health & Wellbeing Coaches can help you by:

  • supporting you with a lifestyle related conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic pain
  • support you in making a positive and lasting change
  • support you by planning and creating realistic steps to reach your health goals

For further information and information on how to self refer, please click here https://assets.practice365.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/520/2024/03/north-HWBC-flyer.pdf

Social Prescribing Link Worker

Social Prescribing Link Workers can help you by:

  • supporting you with issues that are affecting your health and wellbeing
  • providing advice and support on social issues

linking you into local service, groups and activities.

For further information and information on how to self refer, please click here https://www.livewellwakefield.nhs.uk/

Physiotherapist

A Physiotherapist can help you by

  • diagnosing and treating muscular and joint conditions
  • advising on how to manage your condition
  • refer you to a specialist service

For information on how to self refer, please click here Adult MSK Physiotherapy Self-Referral Information – Novus Health

Patient Care co-ordinator

Care co-ordinators help to co-ordinate and navigate care across the health and care system, helping people make the right connections, with the right teams at the right time. They can support people to become more active in their own health and care and are skilled in assessing people’s changing needs. Care co-ordinators are effective in bringing together multidisciplinary teams to support people’s complex health and care needs.

They can be an effective intervention in supporting people to stay well particularly those with long term conditions, multiple long-term conditions, and people living with or at risk of frailty